Heat-distributer or bake-oven for gas and gasolene stoves.



B. F. DAVIS.

HEAT DISTRIBUTER 0R BAKE OVEN FOR GAS AND GASOLENE STOVES.

APYLIOATION FILED NOV. 8, 1u|2 1,079,21 9. Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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BENJAMIN F. DAVIS, 013 WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO JAMES M. HIMES, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

HEAT-DISTRIBUTER 0R BAKE-OVEN FOR GAS AND GASOLENE STOVES.

Application filed November 8, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN ll. Davis, a citizen of the United States, resident of \Vashington, in the District of Columbia, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Ileat-Distributers or Bakc()vens for Gas and Gasolene Stoves; and l declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention has relation to bake ovens for gas and gasolene stoves, designed to be ren'iovably placed over the top burner of the stove, and having for its object to provide an improved base or heat distributor of simple and effective nature.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth.

In the :urcompanying drawings illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a vertical central section of the invention as applied; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the distributor; Fig. 3 a detail fragmentary sectional view of the deflector plate and the screen show ing the screen and plate connection; and Fig. f is a similar view showing the air passage over the marginal edge of the deflector plate.

In these drawings the numeral 1, designates the oven base or hart distributor, which is composed of an upright support 2 preferably consisting of a vertical cylindrical rim; a horizontal perforated circular screen 3, so cured at its edge to the upper edge of said rim and extending entirely across said base, said screen consisting preferably of the metal known as expanded metal being of meshed character, the perforations ormeshes of which are comparatively large, and the upstanding inclined walls between the perforations of which are comparatively thin and high and yet strong and light; and a concave-convex or dished horizontalv circular deflector plate 4t, 'lnulcrlying said screen and of a diameter smaller than that of the screen to leave a marginal interval 5, between the rim 2 and the edge of said plate, the marginal. portion of the screen overlying said interval, and said plate being secured Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 18, 11.913.

Serial No. 730,286.

in place preferably by means of lug extensions e, thereof, extending up within perforations of the screen and bent inward over the inner walls of said perforations. The upper marginal edge of the dellector plate fl, is thin, and this thin edge has contact with the lower surface of the screen 3, bridging the perforations or meshes of the screen.

The cooking vessel is designed to rest upon the screen, and the has, and cooking vessel are covered by a hood or oven 7, closed at the top and sides and open at the bottom, the lower edge of said bottom being designed to rest upon the top of the stove about on a level with the lower edge of the rim flange 2. The diameter of the hood or its bottom is preferably greater than that of the base or heat distributor, to leave an annular interval 8, between the inner wall of the hood and the rim The flame from the burner is designed to strike upward against the convex bottom of the deflector plate, which will spread the llame in an even manner and protect the nlrt'oratml screen from contact with the llame. The air above the dished top of the deflector plate will become highly heated and circulation will occur between the bottom of the vessel and the edge of said plate into the space 5 between plate and rim flange 2, around and upward in contact with the cooking vessel resting upon the screen.

The circulation of the heated air from the interior of the dished deflector plate into the annular space between said plate and the cylindrical rim 2, is facilitated by the upstanding narrow thin edge walls between the projections or meshes of the screen 3, and the thin upper marginal edge of the deflector plate said marginal thin edge while being in contact with the lower surface oil: the screen and bridging the screen per-fora tions or meshes, yet allowing a free circulation of the heated air over its thin marginal edge through the nnrforatilms or meshes that are bridged by said marginal edge (see Fig. 4: of the drawings).

lnasnnu-h as the edge of the dellector plate is located below the screen and the narrow upstanding thin edge walls and air ymssagrs formed thereby separate it from the bottom of the cooking vessel, the contents of said vessel will be prevented from burning. The circulation of the heated air above the dished top of the deflector plate outward and up- 

